Marjun B.

International Geometry Teacher

International Geometry Teacher

$50/hour

About Marjun

Bio

Marjun G. B. was born and raised in a remote rural town of Pilar, Bohol, which is a very poor community. Like most other kids, he traveled to school and returned back home by foot. Motor vehicles were not common at that time. The common form of public transportation there was using the bus or jeepney. Mr. B. is not from a well-off family. He needed to stretch his meager allowance so he could help pay for school. Sometimes, he took farmwork offers to earn money for his study. When he moved to...

Marjun G. B. was born and raised in a remote rural town of Pilar, Bohol, which is a very poor community. Like most other kids, he traveled to school and returned back home by foot. Motor vehicles were not common at that time. The common form of public transportation there was using the bus or jeepney. Mr. B. is not from a well-off family. He needed to stretch his meager allowance so he could help pay for school. Sometimes, he took farmwork offers to earn money for his study. When he moved to high school, he had to walk 5 miles per trip to get to school because there is no school buses for public schools. With perseverance and hardwork, he graduated on top of his class. This was his passport to apply for the top scholarship in the country where only the top 5% of the graduating class are qualified to apply. He took the test and passed it. He earned his Master’s degree in the same university where he finished his Bachelor’s degree and graduated Summa Cum Laude. While working as a public school teacher on weekdays, he went to a university on weekends to work on his PhD in Educational Management. He spent all of his time between work, school and family. He always believed that everyone is capable of changing their future --- that everyone can achieve their dreams with hardwork. While teaching in the Philippines, he radiated hope and inspired his poor Filipino students to do better in school. He has coached and mentored his students to participate in several Mathematics and Science competitions. He established a very good reputation in the STEM department in his school before he left and decided to continue his career in the United States.

Mr. B, as fondly called by his students, has never been ashamed of his humble past. He owns it and is thankful because it molded him into the person he is today. He always draws on his experience to see people in other perspectives --- to look for the truth in other people’s eyes than in their mouths. He believes in the power of education and its opportunity, and recognizes the i